Sherdog has a good piece about Fabricio Werdum and his plight outside the four man heavy weight title tournament looking in:

“I didn’t like that they put Brock Lesnar against Randy Couture,” Werdum said. “I think that it would be fair to put ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira against Couture -- it had to be a fight between these two. Despite having been champion once, I’ve not found it fair that Frank Mir is fighting for the belt. I had two great victories where I was very superior to my opponents, Gabriel Gonzaga and Brandon Vera. I’ve won by myself -- not the judges.

“So I think I would be the one to fight against ‘Minotauro’ or Couture, the winner between the two of them, for the belt. I’ve imagined that I would fight for the title in March. Let’s see what will happen. I hope to do my part fighting against ‘Cigano.’ I won’t underestimate him. I will win. It will be by knockout or a finish. I won’t give any opportunity for bad luck.”

ye werdum got screwed. hes been lookin awesom and took out the last 2 title prospects. mir took out some guys with shitty juijitsu and almost got slaughtered by one of em. did get slaughtered by vera who werdum stopped.and its him and lesner who get the title shots. lesner lost to mir and descisioned heath herring. herring is good but not good enough to have everyone go OMG he beat that guy so he deserves a title shot. when A.Silva smashed leben in 46 seconds thats what everyone thought, not this time. werdum is gettin screwed because hes not well known to americans and tuffers and everyone knows it

Absolutely true! I think (and have for a while) that Nog vs Couture should be the title fight considering Randy has the belt in a way. Then if you want Mir in there have him fight Werdum for the #1 contendars spot. Werdum has earned it!!